Fellows

We invite scholars from around the globe to discuss a broad range of issues related to philosophizing in a globalized world. The current focus of our fellowship program is on scholars from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora.

Current Fellows

Yoko Arisaka

Long-Term Fellow, 2025–2028

Research: Modern Japanese Philosophy, Phenomenology, Political Philosophy, Gender Theory, Philosophy of Race, Decolonial Theory

Regions: Japan, Asia, USA

Languages: English, Japanese, German

Lorena Grigoletto

Long-Term Fellow, January – December 2026

Research: Aesthetics, History of Ideas, Intercultural Philosophy, Decolonial Studies, Phenomenology, Gender Studies

Regions: Latin America, Spain

Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Nahuatl

Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola

Long-Term Fellow, November 2024 – November 2026

Research: African Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Black Feminist Studies, Ethics, Epistemology, Decolonial Studies

Regions: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa

Languages: Yoruba, English

Lerato Posholi

Long-Term Fellow, August 2025 – August 2026

Research: Decolonial Theory, Social Epistemology, Higher Education Studies

Regions: Southern Africa

Languages: English

Lindokuhle Shabane

Long-Term Fellow, July 2025 – June 2026

Research: History of Philosophy, African Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa

Languages: English, IsiZulu (and cognates), French

Previous Fellows

Nikitta Dede Adjirakor

Short-Term Fellow, August 2025

Research: African Literature, Aesthetics, Multilingualism

Regions: West Africa, East Africa

Languages: English, Swahili, Ga

Tanella Boni

Short-Term Fellow, Jan. 2025 – Feb. 2025

Research: History of Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy and the Arts, Philosophy and Poetry

Regions: Ivory Coast

Languages: French, English

Jonathan Egid

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Connected History of Philosophy, Ethiopian Philosophy, Cross-Cultural Philosophy, Philosophy of Translation; Philosophical Methodology

Regions: Ethiopia

Languages: Ge’ez, Greek, Latin, English, French

Edwin Etieyibo

Short-Term Fellow, December 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Decolonization, Decoloniality, Ethics, History of Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, Philosophy for Children, Philosophy of Disability, Philosophy of Law, World Philosophies

Regions: Africa

Languages: English

Chantal Gishoma

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Literature in African Languages, Colonial and Decolonial Literature, Gender and Equality, Foreign Language Teaching (French-Kinyarwanda)

Regions: East Africa (Rwanda, Burundi)

Languages: Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French

Amr El Hawary

Short-Term Fellow, June 2025

Research: Ancient Egyptian Philosophy, Sciences and Wisdom, Hermetic Traditions, Islamic Philosophy and Kalam, Philosophy of Language

Regions: Egypt, Sudan and North Africa

Languages: Ancient Egyptian (Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, Demotic, Coptic), Arabic, Modern Colloquial Egyptian

Bruce Janz

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Place and Space, Digital Humanities, Contemporary European Philosophy, Enactivist Cognitive Science

Regions: South Africa, East Africa

Languages: English

Ousmane Kane

Short-Term Fellow, May 2025

Research: Islamic Studies, Postcolonial Studies, History, Political Sociology

Regions: West Africa

Languages: Arabic, Wolof, French, Hausa, English

Vedaste Kayisabe

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Medieval Philosophy, Ethics, African Philosophy

Regions: Rwanda, East Africa

Languages: French, English, Italian, Kinyarwanda

Hayden Kee

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Phenomenology, Embodiment, Cognitive Sciences, Yoga

Regions: Europe

Languages: English, French, German

Seonhee Kim

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: East-West Comparative Philosophy, Philosophy in East Asia, Korean Philosophy, Korean Confucianism, Western Learning (西學) in East Asia

Regions: East-Asia

Languages: Korean, English

Richmond Kwesi

Short-Term Fellow, June 2025

Research: Philosophy of Language, Analytic Philosophy, African Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Regions: Ghana, West Africa

Languages: Akan, English

Mohamed Lachhab

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Human Rights, Philosophy of Language, African Philosophy, Modern and Contemporary Arabic Philosophy

Regions: North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, German Context

Languages: Arabic, German, English, French

Wilfred Lajul

Short-Term Fellow, Jan. 2025 – Feb. 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Logic, Political Philosophy, Sagacity, Proverbs

Regions: Uganda

Languages: English, Acholi, Luganda

Benedetta Lanfranchi

Short-Term Fellow, December 2025

Research: African Philosophy, World Philosophies, Comparative Philosophy, Political Thought, Moral Philosophy, Ethics

Regions: East Africa, Uganda

Languages: English, Italian

Adilbênia Freire Machado

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Philosophy and Education, African and Afro-Brazilian History and Culture, Contemporary African Philosophies, Philosophies of Ancestrality and Enchantment, Female Ancestral Knowledge

Regions: African Diaspora in Brazil

Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, Yoruba

Ernest-Marie Mbonda

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Ethics, Political Philosophy, African Philosophy, Decolonial Theories

Regions: Africa, Central Africa

Languages: French

Fasil Merawi

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Critical Social Theory, Ethiopian Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Postcolonial Theory, Applied Ethics

Regions: East Africa

Languages: English, Amharic

Bado Ndoye

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Phenomenology, Epistemology, History of Sciences

Regions: West Africa

Languages: French, English, Wolof

Oriare Nyarwath

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Decolonial Theory

Regions: Africa

Languages: English, Dholuo (Luo Language)

Ike Odimegwu

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Human Personhood and Identity, Dialogics, African Social Existence, Transcoloniality, African Migrations

Regions: Africa

Languages: English, Igbo

Rianna Oelofsen

Short-Term Fellow, June – July 2025

Research: African Philosophy, Race and Gender Theory, Philosophy of Education, Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy

Regions: Southern Africa

Languages: English, Afrikaans

Abraham Olivier

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, African Philosophy

Regions: South Africa

Languages: English, German

Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Political Philosophy, Decolonial Theory, Intercultural Philosophy, African Philosophy, Logic, Critical Thinking

Regions: Africa

Languages: English, Igbo

Gyan Prakash

Short-Term Fellow, July 2025

Research: Metaphysics, Buddhist Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Regions: India

Languages: Sanskrit, English

Mogobe Ramose

Short-Term Fellow, April – May 2025

Research: Ethics, African Philosophy, Philosophy of Law

Regions: Southern Africa in dialogue with mainly Western Europe

Languages: Northern seSotho (Sepedi), seTswana, seZulu, English

Ouandé Armand Regnima

Short-Term Fellow, March 2025

Research: Emerging Technologies, Philosophy and Bioethics in the African Context

Regions: West Africa

Languages: French

Simphiwe Sesanti

Short-Term Fellow, March & December 2025

Research: African philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Gender, Politicst

Regions: Kemet (Ancient Egypt), Southern and Eastern Africa

Languages: isiXhosa, isiZulu, SeSotho, SeTswana, English

Jeanhyoung Soh

Short-Term Fellow, September 2025

Research: East Asian Intellectual History, Korean Political Philosophy, Translation Studies, Joseon Confucianism, Western Learning (Seohak), Cartography

Regions: East Asia, Korea

Languages: Korean, Classical Chinese, Japanese, English